Sock drive becomes spiritual feat

Jan. 8, 2014

Updated 9:30 a.m.

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Members of the Islamic Society of Orange County and its Muslim Youth Group, students of Orange Crescent School and volunteers from Uplift Charity collected socks, shoes and clothing for the homeless. COURTESY OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

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A member of the Islamic Society of Orange County donated more than 250 pairs of brand new shoes to the Winter Warm/Sock Drive. COURTESY OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

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Children help pass out bags full of socks, shoes, clothes and candy. COURTESY OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

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Members of the Islamic Society of Orange County pass out bags full of socks, shoes, clothes and candy.

Members of the Islamic Society of Orange County and its Muslim Youth Group, students of Orange Crescent School and volunteers from Uplift Charity collected socks, shoes and clothing for the homeless. COURTESY OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY

What better way to give thanks to our lord for all that he has given us than to give to others, especially ones who are trying to make their winter a cherishable one?

The Islamic Society of Orange County's Muslim Youth Group, students from Orange Crescent School and Uplift Charity collected new socks, clothes and shoes for the homeless and distributed them on Christmas Eve.

Collections for the Winter Warm/Sock Drive ran from early November to Dec. 21. During this time, the Muslim Youth Group and Orange Crescent School students collected more than 1,000 pair of new socks. One member of the Islamic Society of Orange County donated more than 250 pairs of new shoes, and Uplift Charity collected and donated more than 900 new jackets and sweaters.

Once the items were collected, volunteers packed them into more than 350 donated brown bags. Each bag contained two to three pairs of socks, two new sweaters or jackets and a bag of candy.

More than 30 volunteers from the Islamic Society of Orange County, its Muslim Youth Group, Orange Crescent School and Uplift Charity spent Christmas Eve distributing the brown bags, new shoes and peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches to the homeless at the Santa Ana Civic Center.

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